Scot-BUG

Richard Parsons has passed along some information regarding the inaugural meeting on the 28 November 2008

1. Registrations for the Dundee meeting will close at 5 pm on Monday 24 November to allow planning to occur.

2. A light lunch of vegetarian and non-vegetarian selections will be available. Any additional dietary requirements should be communicated to r.parsons@dundee.ac.uk, by 5 pm Monday 24 November.

3. We plan to obtain a limited amount of car parking spaces, and those requiring this facility should contact r.parsons@dundee.ac.uk.

4. Anyone wishing to receive the presentations live via a web-conferencing system may be able to have access if they let us know.

The inaugural meeting of Scot-BUG (the new name for the former Celtic WebCT Users Group – the new name reflects the addition of the Scottish Blackboard Classic users) is scheduled for Friday, 28th November 2008 in Dundee. The main theme of the meeting is the Learning Objects software, with presentations from both Margaret Adamson (on the use at Dundee) and from the company itself http://www.learningobjects.com/ (link opens in new window).

Richard Burrows will also bring us up-to-date on developments with Blackboard 9 and finally Richard Parsons (University of Dundee) will give a short report from the Educause Conference.

Agenda

Date – Friday, 28th November 2008
Location - University of Dundee Main Library, City Campus. Meeting room 2, second floor.Building 22 on this map http://www.dundee.ac.uk/general/campusmap/ (link opens in new window). Car parking is ‘challenging’, Dundee train station is 7 minutes walk.

12.30 – 13.30 Arrival and Lunch
13.30 – 13.40 Introduction: Stephen Vickers
13.40 – 14.10 Blackboard 9 Update: Richard Burrows
14.10 – 14.40 Learning Object@Dundee: Margaret Adamson (University of Dundee)
14.40 – 15.00 Coffee/Tea
15.00 – 15.40 Learning Objects: The Company (by web-conference)
15.40 – 16.00 Educause Report: Richard Parsons (University of Dundee)